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Read more: The strong forgive“The weak can never forgive,” Ghandhi once said. “Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
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Read more: She did the work. He got the prize.Bell Burnell was a graduate student when she looked through her telescope on a chilly English night in 1967 and discovered pulsars—making one of the…
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Read more: A new presidentDr. Leana Wen, the health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, has been named the new president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. NPR reports…
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Read more: Get some more sleepThe American Heart Association estimates that one in seven Americans don’t get enough sleep every night. It recommends seven to nine hours of sleep to…
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Read more: A quiet, but significant gesture“It is often the quiet gesture that carries the most significance—the one that suddenly directs the symphony,” says author Mary Anne Radmacher.
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Read more: The quiet voice of courage“Courage does not always roar,” says author Mary Anne Radmacher. “Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying: ‘I will…
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Read more: Nothing is impossible“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day,” Winnie the Pooh says.
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Read more: When anger is valuableThe part of anger that tells you “this is wrong and shouldn’t happen again” is always valuable, says Martha Nussbaum, the author of a new…
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Read more: You can’t eat moneyHere is a Cree proverb that’s a pointed reminder of why we need to protect the environment. “Only when the last tree has died and…
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Read more: Conquering fearMy niece Emma, who is working in Namibia, Africa, with the Peace Corps, has visited the prison where Nelson Mandela was kept for many years.…